We use playlists in a number of different ways: as soundtrack to our interviews, or as a place where we collect videos for polls, or just to keep our youtube findings in mind. In any case, we hope they are helpful and entertaining to you.

How to get the 25 albums

2. After a few minutes you will receive an email with further instructions. Or just read on now: Write an email to joachim@reggae-steady-ska.com with “Album package 2014” in the subject. In the email please let us know which event(s) or release(s) from 2014 we must not forget to mention in the Ska Music Yearbook 2014 that we are currently writing. Just a short message is fine.

3. Then you just need a little bit of luck: The winner of this year’s giveaway will be drawn on 10 February, 2015.

What is in the package

These are the albums are in the package. There are some absolute top releases to be discovered :

Thanks a ton to Pork Pie Records, Grover Records, Easy Star Records, People Like You Records, Skycap Records, Trilby Records, Houndsman Records, Big 8 records and artists like Ed Rome, Jah On Slide, Erin Bardwell, Dr. Ring Ding as well as agencies like Starkult Promotion for the continued support.

The Album Of The Year 2014 polls, again, were a massive project for RSS. This time we made some major additions, new categories like “The Video Of The Year”, “7” Vinyl Of The Year”, “Debut Album Of The Year”, “Best Live Band”, Best Festival.” If you haven’t had the chance to look at the results of the public votings, here they are.

With his Ska band The Braces (1984-1991, 2000-2006) Joachim Uerschels released three albums for Unicorn, Pork Pie and Mad Butcher Records. He lives in Cologne, Germany as a writer and musician. In 2016, he published his solo debut album "Songbook Vol. II" as Joe ScholesJoe Scholes